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EE was filling drill shots with a Kawasaki loader. The ground was frozen and rutted, one tire slipped into a rut, jerking the loader violently. EE was wearing his seatbelt, but the action strained his lower back.
Operator backed over a rock at the dump site, turning the bed of the truck on its side. Truck bed was turned upright with no damage.
Employee was positioned incorrectly when he was catching 100# bags off of the slow moving #3 product discharge conveyor belt. He caught his rt. thumb between the conveyor belt & discharge table. EE immediately jerked his thumb out causing a laceration to his thumb. EE was taken to the Dr. & received 12 stitches on his right thumb.
Employee was in the process of dumping a car at the crusher. As the employee pulled the handle, the car started to dump. A rock fell back toward the employee glancing off his head and right shoulder.
Employee was removing a car from the train for repairs. He was in the process of uncoupling the car. When the cars seperated the air line between them broke at one end, instead of uncoupling at the connectors. The end of the hose struck employee in the elbow, causing the injury.
Railcar unloader connveyor started to plug. Employee decided to clear blockage. One employee went to turn off power, other employee started to remove guard. While lifting guard, employee lost balance & stepped on belt which jumped, sucking his right foot into take up tension pulley.
Employee was hauling rock from top level of quarry to dump. While employee was exiting ramp, he stopped halfway up, approximately 100 feet, attempted to back down and turned left, came in contact with loose rock on left shoulder upsetting truck onto its right side.
Employee was in the process of separating two railroad cars. The employee positioned himself too close to the air hose coupling. When the railcars separated the metal glad hand on the air hose of the railcar being pulled struck him in the groin.
EE was moving high lift through the plant when the equipment went in a hole. This caused the EE to be thrown up in the air approximately 3 feet. When he came down he landed on his ankle, spraining it.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A DUMP TRUCK & HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE EE WAS WEARING A BACK BELT. HE DID HAVE HIS SEAT BELT ON.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CASE STEER (BOBCAT). THE EE EXITED THE CAB OF THE CASE WHEN THE LANYARD FROM THE HARNESS HE WAS WEARING WRAPPED AROUND THE LT. CONTROL HANDLE CAUSING THE CASE TO ENGAGE THE LT. WHEELS, SPINNING THE EQUIPMENT AROUND CLOCKWISE. THE EE'S RT. ANKLE WAS DRAGGED UNDER THEN TRAPPED UNDER THE LT. SPINNING FRONT WHEEL. A CO-WORKER FREED THE LANYARD.
Employee left truck parked in neutral without setting parking brake. Truck rolled pinching him between steel tool locker and truck.
Employee was driving a cat 771 haul truck and felt pain in upper back the following day.
MINER WAS OPERATING A CAT SCRAPER. HE WAS THE REAR SCRAPER PUSHING ANOTHER SCRAPER IN FRONT OF HIM. CONDITIONS WERE VERY WET & MUDDY. FRONT SCRAPER BECAME BOGGED DOWN IN MUD. DOZER OPERATOR CAME OVER TO PUSH REAR SCRAPER CAUSING PUSH BLOCK TO RIDE OVER FRONT SCRAPERS PUSH BLOCK. WHEN FRONT SCRAPER GAINED TRACTION, REAR SCRAPER FELL BACK TO THE GROUND.
The small water truck was being used to wash mud off of H-7 conveyor with a water cannon. As the millwright apprentice drove the water truck up the 30-35 degree incline to get to H-7 conveyor, the truck engine stalled and the operator lost control of the vehicle. The water truck drove backwards down the incline, hit a berm, and tipped onto its left side.
The truck driver's back became sore after dumping the truck several times. The truck right hoist cylinder was weak and allowed the box to come down slightly harder which jarred the driver.
ACCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. TO DATE UNABLE TO SPEAK TO INJURED PARTY FOR DETAILS. EXTENT OF INJURIES UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.
THE LOADER OPERATOR WAS OPENING A FROZEN STOCKPILE TO REMOVE MATERIAL TO PUT ON A ROAD. THE BUCKET SLIPPED OFF THE FROZEN MATERIAL WHICH CAUSED THE LOADER TO BOUNCE AND THROW THE OPERATOR INTO THE WINDSHIELD. THE OPERATOR RECEIVED A CUT ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD.
WHILE DRIVING SLOWLY ON A FORK LIFT, A UNKNOWN PIECE OF DIRT/DEBRIS STRUCK LEFT EYE CAUSING AN ALMOST IMMEDIATE IRRITATION. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME. IRRITATION OF LEFT EYE L ASTED ALL DAY & INTO EVENING. EE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT AT LOCAL ER ROOM
EE WAS SWEEPING FLOOR OUTSIDE TERMINAL AND STEPPED ASIDE TO LET LOADED BUCKET PASS, STEPPING ON ROCK CAUSING THE ANKLE STRAIN. HE FELL TO THE GROUND AND WAS STRUCK IN THE ARM BY THE PASSING BU CKET, CAUSING A PUNCTURE WOUND RESULTING IN TWO STITCHES TO HIS ELBOW.
HAUL TRUCK DRIVER LEFT BED UP AFTER UNLOADING ATSURGE CONSOLIDATED QUARRY. WHILE CROSSING SR 182HE WEDGED THE TRUCK UNDER AN OVERPASS. THE CAB WAS SUSPENDED 10'OFF THE GROUND. OPERATOR WAS WEARRING SEAT BELT.
EE WAS OPERATING A CATERPILLAR SCRAPER IN THE PIT & FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE HAD CLOCKED OUT AT 1600 AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT. HE WAS LEAVING THE PROPERTY WHEN HE RAN INTO AN OPENED GATE. THE GATE WAS CHAINED IN THE OPEN POSITION AT THE EDGE OF THE ROAD. THE END OF T HE GATE BEING ON THE EDGE OF THE ROAD AND THE RATE OF SPEED PLUS THE DISTRACTION OF PASSING THE OVER THE ROAD ROCK TRUCK WERE THE CONTRIBUTING CONDITIONS. THE GATE WAS CHAINED IN THE OPEN POS
REMOTE OPERATOR MOVING TRAIN FROM CRUSHER TO QUARRY TRAVELED OVER A FACING SWITCH POINT THAT WAS NOT SECURED AND DERAILED 2 EMPTIES.OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR WAS WORKING ON SWITCH AND DID NOT SECURE BEFORE GIVING PERMISSION TO OPERATOR TO TRAVEL OVER IT.
WHILE DRIVING HAUL TRUCK IN EAAST QUARRY ON VERY ROUGH ROADS, INJURED NECK.
EE WAS HELPING TO DIG OUT A CHOKED-UP SCREW CONVEYOR. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO JOG FOR POSITION HIS GLOVE WAS CAUGHT IN V-BELT DRIVE INJURYING RIGHT THUMB.
ASSISTING WITH CHANGE OF CONVEYOR BELT, TO AVOIDTHE BLET HANGING UP ON RAILING, WHIPPED THE BELTTO MISS THE OBSTRUCTION. BELT DETACHED FROM SPOOL & FELL HITTING TOP OF HEAD WITH NAILS PUNCTURI NG CHEEK & SCRATCHING ARM
MINER WAS HAULING MUCK FROM THE MINE TO THE SURFACE. STEERING CYLINDER SUPPORT BROKE & BUSTED THE TRANSMISSION HOUSING & RIPPED OUT THE BRAKE LINES. THE EQUIPMENT ROLLED BACKWARDS ABOUT 60-75' STRIKING THE WALL. THE SUDDEN STOP GAVE THE EE WHIPLASH. DOCTORS RELEASED HIM TO FULL DUTY. HOWEVER HE STATES HE IS HAVING HEADACHES & CANNOT RETURN TO WORK.
THE OPERATOR WAS PARKING THE MANLIFT WHEN THE FRONT END SUNK IN A HOLE THE BASKET SPRING BOARDEDTHE OPERATOR INTO AIR & HE HIT HIS RIBS ON RAILING AROUND THE BASKET
THE INJURED WAS CLEANING FROZEN MATERIAL UNDER H-7 CONVEYOR WITH A SHOVEL. THE SHOVEL MADE CONTACT WITH A RETURN ROLL AND CAME BACK STRIKING THE INJURED'S RIGHT WRIST.
AS THE OPERATOR OF THE 970 LOADER WAS BACKING UP HE SHIFTED TO GO FORWARD AS HE DID THE LOADERJERKED CAUSING HIS HEAD TO SNAP BACK SPRAINING HIS NECK
EE SAID HE WAS DRIVING PICKUP AROUND CORNER TO GET SAMPLE WHEN HE MET EE WHO WAS DRIVING A 769 HAUL TRUCK. HE SAID HE STOPPED BUT THE AHUL T4UCK DID NOT. THE HAUL TRUCK PUSHED THE PICKUP BACKW ARD APP 50'. WHEN THE TRUCK STOPPED, THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL OF THE HAUL TRUCK HAD CAVED INT HE DRIVERS DOOR OF THE PICK UP.